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Hughes or Schlager: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 1× this week · last compared 50 minutes ago

Midfielder

Hughes

Crystal Palace, CRY

Midfielder

Schlager

Nott'm Forest, NFO

🏆 Schlager wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

4.5M

Cost

5.0M

Total Points

0.0

Points Per Game

1.0

11.4%

Selected By

0.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

Form

1.0

💰 Schlager is the value pick - 0.2 pts per £m (Hughes 0.0 vs Schlager 0.2)

🎯 Schlager is your differential (0.1% owned) - Hughes is the template pick at 11.4%

Fixtures

Crystal Palace

MCI 4 (H) - 2026-08-28
FUL 3 (A) - 2026-09-05
IPS 2 (H) - 2026-09-12
LEE 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-10-11

Nott'm Forest

LIV 4 (A) - 2026-08-29
TOT 3 (H) - 2026-09-05
AVL 4 (A) - 2026-09-12
COV 2 (H) - 2026-09-19
CRY 3 (A) - 2026-10-11

📅 Hughes has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.0 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Hughes

17.5

Schlager

23.2

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Schlager

Key Factors:

Better current form (1.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Schlager (Nott'm Forest, £5.0m, 1 points) is the better FPL pick over Hughes (Crystal Palace, £4.5m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Hughes also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).